Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 5543 is not a fuel-efficient lamp

Chen Xi really didn't know that the toffee sold by Zhen's family had words on it. When passing by today, he saw an old man holding a candy and asking his grandson what the word was. After the child knew it, the old man gave the candy to the child. Chen Xi just ran to the shop to buy candy.

After going there, Chen Xi found out that this candy was recently produced by the Zhen family. It was written in the thousand-character script. There was one word on one candy, and there were a thousand kinds. Twelve pieces were packed in a long strip of paper, and it sold for one penny. In the sense of pure milk plus natural.

Anyway, according to the shopkeeper, this candy is selling well. There used to be no professional candy shops. Since the Zhen family released this candy, there have been shops specializing in candy. Often buy this stuff.

By the way, this thing is really effective for learning characters, but for those who remember to eat, at least they should recognize the word on the candy after eating it a few times. Candy is still very expensive these days, even if Chen Xi is in the south The plantations, desperately producing sugar, can't withstand the consumption of the Central Plains.

"How did this candy be made? There is such a clear word in the middle." Liu Bei was very surprised and took a candy from Chen Xi, with a very clear word "Yu" in the middle.

"I know how to do it, but I haven't thought about it. The Zhen family's brains may really be focused on business. It's really impossible to do anything else." Chen Xi said with a smile as he threw the candy into his mouth. It tasted like it contained a lot of condensed milk.

To be honest, this is also a way to preserve fresh milk, but the way is a bit weird, and the Zhen family probably did not spend too much effort to figure it out. There are many problems in this family, but the business is indeed very good.

"I can taste the very rich milk flavor in the sugar." Liu Bei frowned and said.

Liu Bei doesn't like this taste very much, but after hanging out with Chen Xi for a long time, Liu Bei knows very well that the shelf life of all sugars is outrageous, at most it becomes ugly, and the shelf life of dairy products is really not good, and the two After the combination, it is actually the length of the shelf life of the sugar, which is also a very magical technology.

"Well, this is also a way to preserve fresh milk, but the method is a bit weird, and the Zhen family doesn't know what they are researching, but the general idea is no problem. Although the internal voting is indeed a drag on the Zhen family, it seems that, They are still developing as a whole." Chen Xi said with a three-point smile, "Business development also requires technology."

In fact, from this candy, Chen Xi knew that the Zhen family at least had a condensed milk processing factory, a syrup factory, and a sugar factory. Because it can produce this level of handmade sugar, most of the sugar is very important to the Zhen family. There is no difficulty at all.

Because this kind of candy with characters is obviously hand-made, made into long strips in a semi-condensed state and then rolled into cylinders, cut out, and this process can ensure that the sugar and condensed milk are maintained at the standard temperature, neither hot It is too cold to be solid, which is a technique in itself, coupled with all kinds of messy tastes, the Zhen family probably made all kinds of jams.

This means that there are pastures, farms, plantations, fleets, dairy products processing, syrup processing, seasonal fruit processing, jam processing, etc. behind the Zhen family's business.

Just thinking about these things, Chen Xi felt that the Zhen family was truly excellent, and that they were useless if they were to engage in development. If they were to engage in production, they would learn to extend upstream and downstream without a teacher. It should be said that only the Zhen family among the five big businessmen is really conscientious. Engage in development, and others have other ideas.

For Mi Zhu, the business of Mi's family is just to promote capital. He actually doesn't have much idea of ​​doing business. Being an official is the essence of growing the family.

Not to mention Chen Liuwei and Hedong Wei. For these two, business is just a cover, and the family is the most important.

Needless to say, the Wu family, they do business only as an aid, and they just rely on cross-border trade to deploy their manpower at home and abroad, waiting for opportunities.

In the end, it seemed that only the Zhen family was doing this as a career, and they did it very well, even a little scary.

"Wait, repeat, how many supporting facilities does such a candy need?" Liu Bei almost swallowed the whole candy, are you scaring me?

"Enough fresh milk is needed from pastures, sucrose from plantations is needed, maltose and seasonal fruits are needed from farms, condensing plants for large-scale processing of fresh milk, syrup production bases are needed, and fructose flavoring needs some spices and sour fruits , this can only be provided from the south, plus jam..." Chen Xi repeated it casually.

Liu Bei started counting money. Liu Bei actually didn't like counting money, but he felt that he really needed to do the counting, whether the Zhen family was not good at expanding, and only made money.

"Forget it, it takes at least 2 people to operate these factories and fleets, as well as the manpower to make handmade candies. If the Zhen family wants to save trouble, they will even make the candy wrappers themselves..." Chen Xi stopped as he spoke. , shook the candy paper, opened the package and stretched it a bit, found the translucent glutinous rice paper inside, and fell into deep thought.

"At least two or three factories are missing. The candy paper is also made by the Zhen family, and it is made of bagasse that has been squeezed out of the sugar water. The inside should be edible glutinous rice paper made by the Zhen family's harvested wheat and some grass in the south. " Chen Xi shook his head, these things can be produced by hand on a large scale, the difficulty lies in how to develop the technology.

"That means the Zhen family is still very rich?" Liu Bei said with a complicated mood.

"It's not very rich, it's very rich. Just operating these things, according to my previous understanding of the Zhen family, these things may not be operated in partnership with others, but run by myself." Chen Xi said in a calm tone. Not to mention the value of these things, the organizational ability to operate these things is terrifying enough.

The Zhen family doesn't like to share certain resources with other families. The last time they accepted a shared resource was the Grand Canal. If it wasn't for the Zhen family who really couldn't take it, the Zhen family would not accept sharing.

Generally, the Zhen family will try their best to control things that can be controlled by themselves. If they can't build one by themselves, they don't need money anyway, although they are not very smart in other aspects.

Liu Bei sighed when he heard the words, he could be called very rich by Chen Xi, Liu Bei didn't know how to describe it anymore, it should be said that it was the Zhen family.

"It's just such a small gadget, enough for the Zhen family to squeeze other families' candies out of the market. They all buy candy, and they all have all kinds of flavors and prices. The Zhen family's candy has a function of literacy. Just take it as psychological comfort, maybe my children will also learn..." Chen Xi said with a smile, "It's very interesting."

Liu Bei had nothing to say, he couldn't accept it. It should be said that Chen Xi in front of him and the Zhen family who did this were professionals, and ordinary people really couldn't play.

"If that's the case, let's not go to the Zhen family, let them continue to vote democratically." Liu Bei thought for a while, he originally wanted to see how the Zhen family was doing recently, but now that Chen Xi knew everything from a glimpse, Liu Bei also I'm not interested anymore. Ren Zhen's family has done some work, but the little life is still very good, so there is no need to supervise it.

"This family may not be on the right track, but it's good to do business. The Midia Trading City is the Midia Trading City." Chen Xi also sighed.

The Zhen family has a guarantee. No matter what it is, there is at least a Median trading city. Although it is a condominium over there, it is a trading city. Rome has a Median governor there. The room also needs to arrange a family there.

Needless to say, it is safe at that location. Even if the two sides turn their faces, Rome will not take action against the Midea trading city. It is an international business center. Martial law may be imposed in a fight, but it will not be blocked unless the two sides are so troubled that they must die. A degree.

The problem is whether it is for Rome or for the Han Dynasty, the two sides are too far away, so far that it is possible to talk about it, but it is impossible to do it.

"Have you made up your mind?" Liu Bei looked at Chen Xi and asked, it's been a few years, and I thought you were going to wait until the Zhen family's democratic vote was over before making a move.

"It doesn't matter if you can continue to vote in Midia. According to the current situation, the Zhen family can vote until the head of this generation falls, and then continue to vote with the head of the next generation." Chen Xi sighed and said, "They are now The democratic vote is already a display of attitude, and we will continue to allow the Zhen family to expand the scope of voting..."

Chen Xi rubbed his chin. He was thinking whether the Zhen family had a brain hole or deliberately expanded the scope of democratic voting. Up to now, the Zhen family has drawn many people into this voting range, from the main family at the beginning, clan elders, to Branches, and then expanded to the family and children, and then further expanded to shopkeepers and so on.

Although the voting authority of the new entry level is being reduced step by step, there are too many people, and this looks more and more like a parliamentary system.

"Which branch is the ancestor of the Zhen family?" Chen Xi asked with some doubts.

"It reached its peak in the early Han Dynasty, and it is the descendant of Taibaozi Xingong." Liu Bei explained casually, "The ancestor said Emperor Shun."

"I feel that what the Zhen family is doing now is a bit like what some people did during the Spring and Autumn Period. "Diguan Situ · The Role of the Great Situ": 'The great cause of the state is to the people of the king'." Chen Xi touched himself Chin said with some doubts.

Liu Bei was also slightly taken aback when he heard the words. After a long while, the two sides looked at each other, and then acted as if they didn't know. Kind of dangerous.

In terms of business, it means going public. Although the market is getting bigger, the company's shares are constantly being diluted. Maybe it will capsize?
　The Zhen family voted for three years, and changed their voting team from a dozen people to a large team of thousands of people, which is considered a success

　
(End of this chapter)